2007: July - Reveals his ambition to launch a British road racing team to compete at the Tour de France.

2008: August - Britain dominate on the track at the Beijing Olympic Games, winning 7 out of 10 titles, including three for Hoy. Nicole Cooke wins road race gold to make it a total of eight Olympic titles were claimed at the Games by GB's cyclists.

December - Named coach of the year at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards. Made a CBE in Queen's New Year Honours.

2009: February - Vision of a professional British road squad becomes reality with Team Sky announced. Takes position of team principal, combining role with his position as British Cycling performance director.

July - Wiggins finishes fourth in the Tour de France, beginning a transfer tussle which ends when he signs for Team Sky in December.

2010: May - Wiggins wins the opening stage of the Giro d'Italia to take the Tour of Italy leader's pink jersey and give Team Sky a first Grand Tour stage win at the first attempt.

July - Wiggins finishes 24th in Team Sky's debut Tour de France after struggling in the mountains. The result is updated to 23rd when Alberto Contador was stripped of the title for a doping offence, but leads to a period of introspection at Team Sky, led by Brailsford.

September - Withdraws Team Sky squad from the Vuelta a Espana as carer Txema Gonzalez dies following a bacterial infection.

2011: July - Norway's Edvald Boasson Hagen wins two stages of the Tour for Team Sky's first victories, but Wiggins crashes out with a fractured collarbone.

September - Chris Froome finishes second in the Vuelta, one place ahead of Wiggins, as two Britons make a Grand Tour podium for the first time. The duo then help Mark Cavendish become world road race champion as Brailsford's approach begins to bear fruit on the road.

2012: April - After a quiet period between Olympics, the track team step up with five wins from the 10 Games events at the Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne.

July - Wiggins becomes the first British winner of the Tour as Team Sky hit their target two years ahead of schedule.